Ballymackane
Townland in the civil parish of St. Patricksrock, barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary; in Irish Baile Mhic Céin
- Area
- 12.2 ha
- 30 acres
- Land parcels
- 10
- registered freehold, median 7,657 m² (0.77 ha, 1.89 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 8
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
10 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ballymackane, from 2,432 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres) to 41,527 m² (4.15 ha, 10.26 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Ballymackane in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
28 Aug 2026N/a
RED III development - construction of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development with a total site area of 151 hectares. The proposed development includes for the erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 17 no. transformer units, a permanent operations compound, inverters, underground cabling and ducting, security fencing, pole mounted closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, upgrade of 5 no. existing site entrances, construction of 1 no. new site entrance, internal site access tracks, landscaping, 1 no. temporary construction compound, 4 no. satellite compounds, temporary laydown areas and all associated development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 40 years. The proposed development will incorporate a grid connection which will be subject to a separate planning application at a later date. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660834
31 Oct 2025N/a
RED III development of a solar photovoltaic (PV) energy development (renewable energy development) with a total site area of 151 hectares. The proposed development includes for the erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 17 no. transformer units, a permanent operations compound, inverters, underground cabling and ducting, security fencing, pole mounted closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, upgrade of 5 no. existing site entrances, construction of 1 no. new site entrance, internal site access tracks, landscaping, 1 no. temporary construction compound, 4 no. satellite compounds, temporary laydown areas and all associated development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 40 years. The proposed development will incorporate a grid connection which will be subject to a separate planning application at a later date. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2561099
15 Apr 2025Conditional
(i) Slatted shed with underground slurry tank and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560316
4 Sept 2024Conditional
(i) the access roadways; (ii) concrete yard and all associated site works
Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2460733
3 May 2024Conditional
slatted shed with underground slurry tank and all associated site works
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460338
4 Mar 2024Conditional
a 10 year planning permission for development consisting of the construction of a solar PV development on a c129 ha site consisting of: - The erection of solar panels on ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, string inverters attached to selected ground-mounted galvanised steel frames, 16 no. transformer units, underground cabling, security fencing, CCTV system with pole mounted cameras and landscaping; - 6 no. site entrances with access gates utilizing existing farm field entrances which will be upgraded and internal accesses; - the installation of underground cables, including cables under public roads; - 2 no. temporary construction compounds; and all associated ancillary development works. The operational lifespan of the solar PV development will be 40 years. A Natura Impact Statement will accompany the planning application
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460156
19 Jan 2018Conditional
construction of a dwelling, entrance, septic tank/percolation area and all associated works
Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 18600045
7 Jul 2017Conditional
construction of a two storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling with alterations to the existing roof and wall elevations and minor internal alterations to existing building and all associated site works, Permission for retention of alterations as constructed, including (I) additional windows to play room (ii) additional windows to the dining room
Permission · Tipperary County Council, 17600777
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Ballymackane.
Recorded monuments
- TS061-020 Enclosure
Description
In improved undulating pasture, on low rise with good views in all directions. No visible surface trace. Ground surface very undulating in this area of rise, particularly on SW-side of field boundary. Depicted on 2nd (1952-4) ed. OS 6-inch map as a sub-oval area open to W and truncated by field boundary (long-axis NW-SE) across SW-sector. A sketch plan and sections drawn in 1954 show the monument as depicted on the 6-inch map (overall diam. 363ft [110m] N-S; 172ft [52.4m E-W]) with an enclosing bank which was surmounted by a field boundary (OS Field Memorandums). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ballymackane.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Ballymackane.
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Ballymackane with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.
The townland
- Name
- Ballymackane · Baile Mhic Céin
- Area
- 122,020 m² (12.2 ha, 30.15 acres)
- Civil parish
- St. Patricksrock, and its townlands
- Barony
- Middlethird
- Electoral division
- Ballysheehan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Ballysheehan electoral division: 540 people in 175 households; 91% of households own their home; 26% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Boscabell, Clonmore, Garranmore, Monadreela
- Placenames
- Ballymackane on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.